Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Based On the works of John Luther Long and David Belasco Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Dreamland Auditorium Season 1928 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Cio-Cio-San Elisabeth Rethberg Suzuki Marion Telva Pinkerton Gennaro Barra Sharpless Millo Picco Goro Lodovico Oliviero Prince Yamadori Pompilio Malatesta The Bonze Louis D'Angelo Commissario Austin W. Sperry Kate May Sewall Show Dates Fri, Sep 21 1928, 8pm Time and Place Nagasaki Scenes Act I -- A Japanese house, terrace and garden. In the background, the town of Nagasaki. Act II -- Inside Butterfly's House Act III -- Same as Act II